Hemiscopis cinerea Warren
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Odontiinae
- Genus: Hemiscopis
- Distribution: Sabah, China (Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan.
- Habitat: Lowland.
- Wing Length: 12mm
Taxonomy
The holotype Hemiscopis cinerea Warren, 1892: 396 from Japan (Yessu) is in the BMNH.
- syn. H. cinereum
- Subs Misspel. (Wang & Spiedel 2000: 92)
Description
A shiny purple-brown sp. Wings with a broad brown post median band. There is also a diffuse brown spot in the disco-ocellular area. See H. suffusalis (Walker [1866] 1865) which is similar but has a golden brown orbicular suffusion.
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References
- Wang, HsiauYue. & Speidel, W (2000) Guide Book to Insects in Taiwan (19). Pyraloidea (Pyralidae, Crambidae). Shu Shin Books, Taipei, Taiwan: pp 295.
- Warren, W. (1892c) LIX Descriptions of new genera and species of Pyralidae contained in the B.M. Coll. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, 9 (53) : 389-397.